After seeing all of the entries in this week’s design challenge sponsored by our friends at Skillshare, we had to call in a friend to help with judging because we caught the travel bug! Luckily, our special guest judge, Samarra Khaja, best known as SammyK in the Spoonflower community and city motif expert, was ready to help!

A big congratulations goes out to this week’s challenge winner, Heleen van den Thillart (aka heleen_vd_thillart) for her winning design, Holland in royal Delft blue watercolors! Inspired by the 9 years she spent in Delft, Holland, Heleen’s design has won her the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit and a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription. The 2nd place winner, sarah_treu, will receive $100 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The 3rd place winner, torysevas, will receive $50 in Spoondollars and a 6 month Skillshare Premium subscription. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners.

We’re also sending a big congratulations to the grand prize winner of the Spoonflower + Skillshare giveaway, Michelle Goggins ( aka mgdoodlestudio). Michelle will be receiving a 1-year Spoonflower PRO membership (valued at $249), a 1-year Skillshare Premium subscription (valued at $96), one Wacom Intuos Pro Pen and Touch Small Tablet (valued at $218) and a 1-year Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud subscription (valued at $240). Get to know more about our grand prize winner :

Hello! I’m Michelle Goggins from MG Doodle Studio in Ennis, Montana. I love to sew and have been sewing as a hobby for over 20 years. I enjoy sewing everything from clothing to handbags, quilts and soft toys. In 2014, I discovered the thrill of designing my own fabric at Spoonflower, which rekindled my love of drawing. Now I’m obsessed with creating repeating patterns with my drawings. I love drawing with colored pencils, markers and ink – but then I especially love combining my hand-rendered work with digital drawing using Adobe Photoshop. I’ve been taking lots of classes about surface pattern design and how to paint digitally in Photoshop. I have a lot left to learn – and I’m sure enjoying the process. My goal is to have fun & enjoy! I hope you have fun & enjoy as well!